Re the university English prof: I'll bet if his/her campus copy shop made
hundreds of copies of chapters from one of his/her books without paying
copyright clearance, the tune would be different.

gary handman

> It seems to me the fact that New Yorker Films has now gone out of business
> and none of their films are available for educators or others who want to
> legally present the films to audiences makes the article carry even more
> weight than before. It's a solid example of what happens when groups like
> the one in Illinois start showing films with no regard for copyright and
> without making payment to the company that's gone to the trouble and
> expense
> to distribute the films.
>
> It's funny/telling that the university English professor says "There's
> nothing immoral about what they were doing...." in defense of the student
> group, rather than, "there's nothing illegal..."
>
> Alex
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>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Evershed, Julie <evershed@umich.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> This story came out a couple of years ago, but has been a good example
>> for
>> me to provide to student clubs as to the seriousness of obtaining PPR
>> for
>> screenings. However, since it is now dated, and New Yorker is out of
>> business, it is not carrying the weight that it did previously. Does
>> anyone
>> know how this case resolved? Any new examples that I can send out?
>> Thanks!
>> Julie
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________________
>>
>> "Movie Airings May Be Costly" Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Pantagraph
>>
>> 2/8/06
>>
>> http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/02/08/news/106042.txt>>
>>
>> "ISU faces legal battle from New Yorker Films" Illinois State
>>
>> University Daily Vedette 2/3/06
>>
>> http://media.www.dailyvidette.com/media/paper420/news/2006/02/03/News/>>
>> Isu-Faces.Legal.Battle.From.New.Yorker.Films-1597623.shtml
>>
>>
>>
>> To summarize briefly: A student film group at Illinois State
>>
>> University has received from New Yorker Films a bill for $8000 for
>>
>> past VHS and DVD screenings on campus for which public performance
>>
>> rights were not purchased. The film group feels that the screenings
>>
>> were part of the educational activities of the University; New Yorker
>>
>> begs to differ.
>>
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